Associations between on-farm factors and bulk tank SCC on Irish dairy farms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study describes associations between bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) and farm management practices, parlour management practices and implemented technologies, milking management practices, somatic cell count (SCC) control strategies, and farmer demographics and attitudes around SCC management using a sample of Irish dairy farms.

Results

This paper utilised a pre-existing dataset from a farm management and technology survey of 376 commercial Irish dairy farms conducted in 2022. Five mixed models were used to examine associations between variables in each of the five survey sections and log-10 transformed BTSCC (log10BTSCC). Seasonal calving patterns, family members milking alongside survey respondents, and keeping of mastitis treatment records were associ

SUBMITTER: Ui Chearbhaill A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12235848 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature